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Ozone Therapy
As a practitioner who has specialized in working with cancer patients for over 40 years, I’m often stunned
when some cancer patients talk to me about their health. They say something to the effect of, “I am perfectly
healthy except for the cancer.” Of course, this is a nonsensical statement.
Cancer is caused by many divergent factors; it is a complex process that operates on many levels of the
body/mind constellation. There may be some systems in the body that are still functioning properly in a
cancer patient, no matter what stage of cancer they’re at. A woman with breast cancer may have a perfectly
functioning heart, for instance. But the one thing that cannot be said accurately is that the person is perfectly
healthy “except” for the cancer. There is no “except” in cancer.
Did you know that the lack of health that exists in every single cancer condition, without exception (no
matter the location or stage of the cancer), has to do with impaired, oxygen-less respiration of the body’s
cells? We’ve known about this causative factor in all cancers for almost 100 years. In fact, this discovery
was awarded a Nobel Prize.
The treatment for this cancer-causing condition – Ozone Therapy – has been available for many
decades. Yet, there are very few practitioners who offer it in the Unites States, and most people (including
those suffering from cancer and their families) have not even heard of it.
Ozone has the feel of being cleansing… and indeed, that is precisely what it does. It cleanses the atmosphere
when nature produces it. And when we are exposed to it, it similarly cleanses our bodies.
Why then does the weatherman pronounce the “ozone count” in such a dire, dismal tone? Why does he warn
those of us who are healthy to not jog and those of us who are sick or old to not even go outside? And why
does he blame car emissions for the high ozone count?
That’s because not only is ozone produced by natural phenomena, it’s also produced by pollution. When
sunlight, moisture and temperature meet the chemical molecules that we call pollution (mostly hydrocarbons
formed by incomplete burning of fuel in engines of cars and other vehicles, but also carbon monoxide,
nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide), atmospheric oxygen (O2) is chemically transformed into ozone (O3).
In other words, the more pollution there is, the more ozone is generated. So, on polluted days there is likely
to be a high ozone count. But what the weatherman is not saying is that without ozone, the pollution levels
would be so great that our cities would be uninhabitable.
In spite of its bad reputation, ozone has recently received serious attention in alternative medical and
research circles because of the remarkable healing potential of ozone therapy.
Ozone therapy is one of the most versatile forms of therapy available today – because it can be applied both
through medical treatments as well as via home applications. It can be administered through the skin, into
different body organs including the intestines and lungs, through the ears, in the blood, on teeth and gums, as
well as in painful or damaged body parts.
Since the time when ozone was first used medically, it has consistently proven itself to be a hearty
fighter in a myriad of disease conditions and afflictions. These include cancer, liver disease, auto-
immune disease, heart disease, allergies, diabetes, Lyme disease, macular degeneration, viral diseases,
rheumatism/arthritis, geriatric conditions, SARS and AIDS.
Ozone’s most amazing property is that it is an extremely powerful oxidant. It will break down any chemical
into that chemical’s basic component parts. Vehicle fuel pollution generally consists of water, carbon
dioxide, sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen, all of which combine together to form what we call smog. When
naturally occurring ozone comes into contact with this soup of smog, these chemicals are released in their
basic or elemental form – and none of us could survive without them.
Lena chose ozone therapy as a healing protocol, which includes sitting inside an ozone steam cabinet. With
only her head popped out of the top, all of the pores in her body (except those in her head) absorb the
molecules of oxygen along with their friendly molecular companion, the additional atom of oxygen that
converts O2 into O3.
Following rectal insufflation of ozone, Lena expelled a dead 12-inch worm. It is unknown how long the
worm had been living in her intestinal tract and how long it had been dead. It’s probable the worm was only
recently deceased, killed by the ozone therapy. Worms, parasites, viruses, bacteria – all early
evolutionary forms of life – thrive in low oxygen environments. By suffusion of ozone into the rectum
and colon, in all likelihood the worm died from the duel saturation of oxygen and ozone.
The problem with parasites is that they can indirectly cause cancer because they drain their host body of
nourishment and produce carcinogenic waste products. Aflatoxin is one of them. The most common parasite
in the human body is yeast. Although yeast is not necessarily problematic, when it reaches a point of excess,
it can cause serious health issues: candida, fungal infections, pathogenic microbes, amoebas, tapeworms, and
fluke. It has been estimated that at least 20% of cancer patients have a parasite. The true statistic is
probably much higher.
Across the ocean, the Greeks noticed the same odor (and called it “ozein”), and like the indigenous peoples,
preferred fishing after a storm. Today, the positive influence of ozone on the digestive system of different
species of fish has been scientifically documented.
Ozone has been used medically to disinfect and treat disease since its discovery. In 1896, Nikola Tesla
patented the first ozone generator in the United States. Ozone has been used as a safe and effective water
purifier for more than a century. Ozone deactivates pathogenic microbes in the human body in much the
same way it does in water, unsurprising since our bodies are made up of 70% water.
During WWI, physicians applied ozone topically to infected wounds because of its antibacterial properties.
Later they discovered it had broader therapeutic applications, thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties. In
the late 1980s, German physicians began successfully treating HIV patients with ozone. Although there
are some practitioners within the U.S. who administer ozone, it remains a relatively uncommon treatment
even today.
Where Is Ozone Therapy Used?
Ozone is a well-respected therapy in many parts of the world. In Germany, it is the standard of care and
is used by 70-80% of practicing physicians. One of the leading anti-cancer ozone therapy practitioners
from Germany, Dr. Horst Kief, first came to the U.S. over 30 years ago when he was invited to speak at a
conference organized by the Foundation for Advancement of Cancer Therapies. He has since reported
reversal of AIDS with ozone, as have other physicians in Germany.
There are over 3,000 references in the German medical literature referring to the use of medical ozone
therapy. In fact, it is considered medical malpractice to not use ozone pre and post-surgery instead of
antibiotics!
Cuba and India have whole facilities devoted to ozone treatment and research. Russia, too, is a fan of ozone.
Altogether, there is no therapy studied as much as ozone worldwide, with only cortisone and prednisone
coming in close seconds.
It all boils down to profit margins. Russia and Cuba have socialized medicine, which is not about making
a profit. Germany, after the war, was poor, and India is still considered a developing nation today.
Oxygen is cheap. In fact, oxygen is free. To make ozone from oxygen one only needs a small generator, and
an oxygen concentrator. Neither is expensive – and neither offers the possibility of massive profit margins.
Did you know that ozone only takes 10 seconds to kill 99% of bacteria, fungi, yeast, mold, and viruses
– 3,500 times faster than chlorine?
Last but not least, it has been shown to kill cancer cells upon contact.
Ozone is very effective at fighting so many afflictions because it operates at the foundational level of the
body: the body’s cells.
Similarly, Albert Wahl said, “Disease is due to a deficiency in the oxidation process of the body, leading to
an accumulation of toxins. These toxins are ordinarily burned in normal oxidation.3
Glucose is the standard food for all healthy cells in the body, which burn glucose through oxidation.
Warburg understood that when the cell is deprived of its normal supply of oxygen, it has no
alternative but to change to an inferior method of energy processing and production known as
fermentation.
Because the respiratory ability of the cell is damaged, it begins to ferment sugar anaerobically – in other
words, “without oxygen.” Instead of giving off carbon dioxide (CO2), which is normal for a healthy cell, the
damaged cell now consumes sugar and gives off lactic acid. The reduction of CO2 is a critical stage in this
pathogenic process because hemoglobin, the carrier of oxygen in the bloodstream, cannot release oxygen
without first receiving CO2.
Thus, the damaged cell is no longer able to get oxygen from its usual source and is now in the unfortunate
position of being deprived of its oxygen nourishment, while simultaneously being poisoned by the
proliferation of toxic pathogens. As a result, the acute, short-term damage of the cell becomes permanent
damage.
Research since Warburg has shown us that a healthy cell, receiving its necessary supply of oxygen,
manufactures an enzymatic coating around the cell. This protective layer prevents pathogenic agents
such as bacteria and viruses from invading the cell. The enzymes in this protective layer include catalase,
superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and reductase.
However, when the cell is oxygen-starved, it can’t produce enough enzymes to maintain a strong cellular
wall. As a result, invaders enter (like a Trojan horse) ready to wreak havoc, destruction, and eventual death.
This lack of protection becomes a real problem when viruses come into the vicinity of a cell wall. Viruses
are not actual cells, but are made up of either RNA or DNA, both of which are types of genetic material. By
themselves, viruses lack the ability to reproduce.
When healthy cells become stressed and their cell walls become permeable, viruses rush in and attach
themselves to the genetic machinery of the host cells. They take over this machinery and start replicating
their own genetic material. The metabolic wastes of the viruses – which are now in a state of constant
replication – overwhelm the body’s ability to eliminate these waste products.
The reasons for oxygen deficiency in the body’s cells are many. For instance, the cell may be poisoned by a
toxic chemical (there are so many in our environment today) that prevents oxygen uptake. Ducts or glands
may become blocked. Lymphatic fluid may not be carried efficiently to the lymph glands that run
throughout the body. Waste material generated by the body’s natural functioning may collect in the body’s
tissues, causing auto-intoxication or self-poisoning.
When we come to the understanding – as Warburg documented – that the fundamental cause of cancer is
oxygen depletion, how to reverse it becomes obvious: to rid the body of cancer, we must flood the body
with oxygen. And just as there are many ways that the body can become starved for oxygen, there are also
many ways that they body can be flooded with oxygen.
Although the biological sciences had not yet discovered the biological equivalent of Freud’s death instinct,
eventually science caught up to Freud’s deep prescience. Contemporary science now understands that on a
cellular level we are all programmed to be able to do ourselves in.
All of our body’s cells have a built-in suicide pact. Scientists call this suicide agreement “apoptosis.”
Apoptosis serves the purpose of protecting all other cells in the body from the damaged and dying
cells. When there is merely brief exposure to pathogens or stressing agents, cellular suicide is often the
choice made by the cell: quite literally, an act of sacrifice for the greater good of the entire organism.
When for some reason the cell doesn’t self-destruct, it begins the process of reproducing itself – because
that’s what cells do. They are in a constant state of reproducing themselves. The damaged cell lives on,
reproducing, in its damaged and damage-creating state. These cellular copies don’t have the same self-
correction mechanism of apoptosis. They remain as damaged as the progenitor cells from which they are
born.
One of the damage-creating consequences is that the cell (that should have died already) loses its ability to
govern its own growth. Unlike normal reproduction, which has a natural shelf-life that ends the cell’s
tendency to keep copying itself, this abnormal process of reproduction now becomes wild and out of control.
This pathogenic process of growth is infinite; it will go on forever, as long as the host organism lives and
provides the abnormal cell an oxygen-deficient environment in which it can continue to thrive. We have a
name for this cellular situation. The name applies to all cases of cellular overgrowth arising from
inadequate cellular respiration: the name is cancer.
The two choices for a damaged cell are, then: immediate suicidal death through apoptosis; or, alternatively,
a slow death through the fatal damage inflicted upon its host, and dying only when the host itself dies.
According to Dr. Shallenberger, the problem with cancer is not that the cells are not actually “getting”
enough oxygen. Rather, he thinks it is that the mitochondria – the cell’s energy factories – aren’t able to use
the available oxygen efficiently.
Back in 1925, Otto Warburg wouldn’t have suspected the special role of mitochondria in cancer. They had
been discovered during his lifetime, but the importance of their role had yet to be documented. Ozone, as a
treatment, doesn’t simply send more oxygen to the cell; it stimulates the mitochondria in the cell to use the
oxygen that’s already available more efficiently.
Ozone’s effect on damaged cells is quite specific. It attacks the pathogenic materials that don’t have a
protective coating; it assaults diseased cells that proliferate but exist without adequate cell wall enzymes.
Pure oxygen does not do this in quite the same way. Unlike oxygen, ozone selectively kills cancer cells.
Herein lies the major difference between ozone, as a natural treatment for cancer, and traditional medical
therapies. Ozone ONLY kills the pathogenic cells. Chemotherapy and radiation are just as efficient at killing
cancer cells, but they kill healthy cells too.
Because ozone possesses an extra atom of oxygen, it is “electrophilic.” In other words, it is unbalanced
electrically and it wants to balance itself by finding another unbalanced charge.
All diseased cells, including cancer cells – as well as viruses, harmful bacteria, and other pathogens – are
also similarly electrically imbalanced. Because of the imbalance that ozone shares with all diseased cells,
they find each other. Quite beautifully, it is a mutual attraction dance between the disease (the pathogenic
cells) and the remedy for the disease (ozone).
Ozone is particularly important for helping to control viruses, which are about the most unkillable
entities on earth. Only a few viruses have been linked to cancers, including human papilloma virus,
Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, human herpes virus
8, and human T-lymphotrophic virus-1.4
We don’t yet know if they cause cancer directly or help to create the right circumstances for cancer to
develop – but as stated previously, when viruses populate the human body in excess their waste is always a
problem. Viruses mutate constantly, so any vaccine developed for them is typically useless by the time it
comes to market.
Viruses last forever, it seems, with no natural lifespan. Bacteria, on the other hand, live for a while, get old
and die. Viruses can go to sleep (often next to your spinal cord) for decades – but under the right
circumstances, they wake up again and can cause painful inflammations.
Both oxygen and ozone are enemies to viruses. Because viruses are anaerobic, blasts of high concentration
of oxygen and ozone are very effective in killing them.
Shallenberger describes the specific methods by which ozone helps to fight cancer:
When ozone is directed to the diseased area, cancer cells are forced to go into apoptosis, and so they
die off.
Ozone Therapy Safety Issues
In terms of safety, the first thing to understand is that ozone cannot react with healthy cells. Healthy cells
possess both a balanced electric charge and a strong enzymatic protection wall. Ozone doesn’t “see” healthy
cells. In this regard, ozone is equivalent to other so-called “targeted therapies”. It only notices, then
communicates with, and finally destroys diseased cells.
The only known side effect of ozone is that it can bring about a healing crisis, referred to as the
“Herxheimer effect.” This is when there is a detoxification reaction in the body. Although symptoms may
be flu-like joint pain, body aches, sweating, or nausea, this reaction is indicative of the pathogenic entities
being killed.
Endotoxins are being released from the cell walls of the dying pathogens and one should feel assured that
the treatment is working. This reaction lasts between a few hours to a few weeks. Once the pathogens have
been released from the body, the symptoms disappear – and the body is left healthier than before because
detoxification and cleansing has occurred.
1. Autohemotherapy
Medical grade ozone gas is mixed with a patient’s drawn blood and then infused back into the
person, or
Ozone is injected directly into the vein.
This must be done by an experienced intravenous (IV) practitioner.
Infuses saline solution that has been mixed with ozone gas.
This must be done by experienced IV practitioner.
Ozone gas is administered through sauna spray, which is less invasive than IV but equally effective.
This approach has the additional advantage of augmenting the ozone treatment with the healing
effects of heat.
The fan should be turned toward the sauna to eliminate any direct breathing of the ozone that might
escape from the hole in where head pops out.
Available at healing centers.
4. Insufflation
Essentially an ozone enema or douche in which the patient gets ozone through a catheter inserted in
either the rectum or the vagina.
Can be self-administered.
If rectal insufflation is done, it is important to have the colon thoroughly cleansed first. A series of
colonics with a qualified colon therapist is recommended. If the bowel is impacted with fecal
material trapped within the folds of the intestines, the ozone can also get trapped. As a result the
belly can becomes bloated, making the patient feel uncomfortable and possibly nauseous.
Ear insufflation may be a potential preventative remedy for Alzheimer’s. (While there is anecdotal
evidence to support this, there is no scientific proof that this approach works.) It also may be helpful
in brain cancer.
5. Dental application
Dentists have regularly been utilizing ozone for periodontal therapy, root canal treatment, tooth
sensitivity, and bone infections.
Some practitioners believe that applying ozone into a decaying tooth can halt or even reverse the
decay process altogether.
6. Sauna bag
The patient gets into a sauna bag or suit (with the head out) after taking a shower.
Next, the suit or bag is filled with ozone gas for absorption through the skin for a duration of 45
minutes.
A fan is used to blow away any escaping ozone.
Oils that have been successfully ozonated include olive, jojoba, sesame, coconut, and many more.
These ozonated oils are desirable for their antibacterial properties as well as their healing properties.
They can also be used as skin moisturizers.
When used as massage oils, these help to clear lactic acid from tissues.
Topical ozonated oils are readily available online.
Breathing ozone filtered through olive oil is not only not irritating to the lungs, but also helps to clear
sinus infections and lung distress.
If your lungs contain microbes that don’t belong there, breathing medical grade ozone may cause
minor and temporary irritation to the lungs as the microbes are oxidized and cleaning up occurs.
Ozone is only dangerous to breathe when mixed with nitrogen, but medical grade ozone is perfectly
safe and even desirable to breathe through oil.
For breast cancer, direct injection of ozone into the tumor is possible.
For liver cancer, injection into the portal vein can be done.
Drinking ozonated water begins the process of killing digestive pathogenic microbes.
Once ozone therapy is started, vitamin C should be reduced to 1,000 mg daily. All antioxidants and other
dietary supplements should be given two hours or more before or after the ozone treatment.
Benefits of an Oxygen/Ozone Sauna
Inactivates bacteria, viruses, yeast, protozoa, mold & fungi
Enhances circulation
Increases production of collagen and cartilage
Purifies blood & lymphatic system
Stimulates oxygen metabolism
Disrupts malignant tumor metabolism
Reduces inflammation & pain
Excretes heavy metals
Normalizes hormone & enzyme production
Improves brain function
Excellent free radical scavenger
Relaxes muscles by reducing buildup of lactic acid & increasing muscle flexibility
Oxidizes toxins so they can be eliminated through skin, lungs, kidneys and colon
Stimulates vasodilatation of peripheral blood vessels, thereby accelerating healing
Speeds up metabolic processes of inner organs and endocrine glands, resulting in a loss of 200-450
calories in a 20-minute session
Reduces clumping of red blood cells, thus reducing viscosity of blood that leads to buildup of arterial
plaque
Changes carbon monoxide (CO) – the worse free radical in the body – into essential carbon dioxide
(CO2).
In summary, ozone has the impressive talent of being toxic to unhealthy, damaged and dying cells
while being non-toxic to healthy cells. For cancer, it is an important adjunctive therapy to a good
nutritional program combined with aggressive detoxification procedures.
Ozone can selectively kill cancer cells amongst all the other sick cells in the body. It is important to
understand that repeated exposures to ozone, whatever the mechanism of delivery utilized, is necessary to
reverse any disease. In addition, it is useful to expose oneself to various methods of application of ozone.
Small, infrequent exposures will be ineffective.
In spite of much of the rest of the world using ozone safely and efficaciously, the official position of the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding ozone therapy still stands today. In the Federal
Register dated February 1976 and amended in September 1989, the FDA proclaimed: “Ozone is a toxic gas
with no known medical uses.” This position remains unchanged.
If you’re not doing IV, you need only an additional oxygen concentrator, as opposed to tanks that give pure
oxygen. The concentrator delivers 98% concentrated oxygen. With this equipment, you can give yourself
rectal insufflations for digestive issues; vaginal insufflations for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and herpes;
and ear insufflations for ear infections.
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Article Summary
The lack of health that exists in every single cancer condition, without exception (no matter the
location or stage of the cancer), has to do with impaired, oxygen-less respiration of the body’s cells.
The treatment for this cancer-causing condition – Ozone Therapy – has been available for many
decades. Yet, there are very few practitioners who offer it in the U.S., and most people have never
heard of Ozone Therapy.
Ozone therapy is very versatile and has received serious attention in alternative medical and research
circles because of its remarkable healing potential.
Ozone has been used medically to disinfect and treat disease since its discovery. In 1896, Nikola
Tesla patented the first ozone generator in the U.S. Ozone has been used as a safe and effective water
purifier for more than a century.
Ozone has the impressive talent of being toxic to unhealthy, damaged and dying cells while being
non-toxic to healthy cells. For cancer, it is an important adjunctive therapy to a good nutritional
program combined with aggressive detoxification procedures.
There are a variety of ways to administer ozone therapy. Ozone therapy treatments and equipment is
available through some practitioners, although not widely promoted. Ozone generators have come
down appreciably in price over the last few years making them more affordable for home use.
Jane G. Goldberg, PhD, is a psychoanalyst in New York City who specializes in working with cancer patients. After
assisting her mother reverse her terminal cancer, and move from a wheelchair to playing tennis once again, Jane was
inspired to open La Casa Wellness Center Puerto Rico, and then La Casa Spa and Wellness Center in NYC. Both are
facilities specializing in holistic therapies and natural cleansing techniques. La Casa Puerto Rico will re-open in the
Fall of 2016 after extensive renovation. La Casa NY is the oldest spa/wellness center in NYC, open since 1993. She is
also the Founder and Director of Brainercize, a brain enhancement system of fun and effective exercises; and a not-
forprofit company, Dogs Sense Scents, a program that trains dogs to detect cancer through scent. Jane is the author
of eight books, numerous articles, and a blog: "Musings from 20th Street," which she invites all to subscribe to
through La Casa’s website: www.LaCasaSpa.com